The delegation asked the Governor to prevail upon the civic boy to revoke the resolution following which he assured them that he will forward the memorandum presented by the
Committee to the state government.

The Sena-BJP ruled Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had passed a resolution this week making yoga and ‘Suryanamaskar’ (sun salutation) mandatory in all civic schools here despite strong protests from Opposition parties including Congress, Samajwadi Party and MNS.

The ruling allies had rejected the amendment demanded by the Opposition parties to make yoga optional in schools.

Samajwadi Party had also demanded deletion of ‘Suryanamaskar’ from the proposal, cleared by the House of the civic body.

Opposition parties had alleged that BJP was trying to saffronise education, both in the Centre and the state by introducing such proposals.

The state government had made it optional so how can BMC make it compulsory, he said.
However, BJP corporator Dilip Patel, defending the proposal had said, “Now yoga has been internationally accepted as the best form of exercise. Bringing yoga into the religious
ambit is a political tactic by Opposition parties.”

BMC had on 23 August cleared the proposal tabled by BJP corporator Samita Kamble with an aim to improve overall health of students by incorporating the ancient exercise regime into
their daily routine.

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